Archive for January, 1998
Armageddon
A giant, global-killing asteriod, like the one that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago is 18 days away from hitting the Earth. NASA’s been caught with their pants down and needs a new plan to stop the rock. They enlist the help of Harry Stamper, an expert deep core driller, to train their astronauts and help them drill into the asteroid and plant a nuclear bomb. But Harry figures the astronauts can’t be trained in time and opts to go with his own oil drilling crew.
Armageddon DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 5.70 out of 10 (51866 votes)
Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, William Fichtner, Owen Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Peter Stormare, Ken Hudson Campbell, Jessica Steen, Keith David, Chris Ellis, Jason Isaacs,
Tags: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action, 8-track, asteroid, astronaut, bicycle, bicycle-messenger, blockbuster, bomb, bravery, brooklyn-bridge, chase, chrysler-building-new-york, class-differences, deep-core-drilling, disaster, drill, eiffel-tower-paris, entrepreneur, exotic-dancer, father-daughter-relationship, forbidden-love, gambling-addiction, gatling-gun, genius, gratuities, greenpeace, helicopter, hero, humor, lasersight, loan-shark, machismo, media-coverage, meteor-threatens-earth, misfit, moon, nasa, natural-disaster, new-york-city, nuclear, nuclear-weapons, obesity, oil-platform, oil-rig, paris-france, psychologist, redneck, rescue, rorschach-inkblot, sacrifice, self-sacrifice, sex-addiction, single-parent, space, space-shuttle, space-station, street-vendor, stripper, swimming, syringe, tattoo, title-spoken-by-character, traffic-jam, training, wedding, william-tell-overture
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Senseless
Darryl Witherspoon is a young black college student who wants to win annual junior analyst competition, which can land him a job in a big brokerage company. He becomes a guinea pig for the drug developed at the college which is promised to heighten all senses by ten times.
Senseless DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 5.30 out of 10 (2722 votes)
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Actors: Marlon Wayans, David Spade, Matthew Lillard, Rip Torn, Tamara Taylor, Brad Dourif, Richard McGonagle, Esther Scott, Debra Jo Rupp, Mark Christopher Lawrence, John Ingle, Ernie Lively, Jenette Goldstein, Kenya Moore, Constance Zimmer,
Tags: Romance, Comedy, body-piercing, business, college, drugs, fraternity, hockey, independent-film, medical-experiment, sensory-deprivation, sensory-enhancement
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Enemy of the State
Tony Scott torna alle atmosfere thriller e senza tregua delle sue opere precedenti con un film tutto giocato sulla critica alle possibili privazioni della libertà del cittadino comune da parte dello Stato. Robert Dean è un giovane e promettente avvocato, che si trova coinvolto in un assurdo gioco di spie, perché un vecchio amico di scuola gli infila fra i regali di Natale un dischetto contenente le immagini di un omicidio commesso da un dirigente ambizioso e senza scrupoli della National Security Agency (potente organismo governativo responsabile delle operazioni spionistiche più complesse). La vita del protagonista è sconvolta e continuamente in pericolo. Un ex agente della NSA, interverrà in aiuto del giovane. Dopo essere sfuggiti numerose volte alla morte, i due si salveranno in un finale pieno di suspense e…con un po’ di furbizia! Grande cast e grande azione per un film solido e ben girato.
Enemy of the State DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 7.10 out of 10 (26552 votes)
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Stuart Wilson, Laura Cayouette, Loren Dean, Barry Pepper, Ian Hart, Jake Busey, Scott Caan, Jason Lee, Gabriel Byrne, James LeGros,
Tags: Drama, Thriller, Action, african-american, baltimore-maryland, blackmail, blood-splatter, cat, chase, christmas, computer, congressman, conspiracy, conspiracy-theorist, dog, ex-girlfriend, falsely-accused, father-son-relationship, frame-up, friendship, fugitive, helicopter, humor, intelligence, law, lethal-injection, mafia, marriage, mexican-standoff, middle-class, murder, neo-noir, nsa, paranoia, political, political-drama, political-thriller, revenge, satellite, satire, secret-hideaway, sequel, shootout, shot-in-the-chest, shot-to-death, surveillance, suspense, video-evidence, video-footage, video-voyeurism, violence, voyeurism, vulgarity, washington-d.c., wiretap, wisecrack-humor
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Godzilla
Following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing eastward through the Panama Canal. Scientist Niko Tatopolous is called in to investigate the matter, and he quickly arrives at the conclusion that a giant, irradiated lizard has been created by the explosions. Godzilla then makes its way north, landing at Manhattan to begin wreaking havoc in the big city. Even with the combined forces of the U.S. military to fight the monster, will it be enough to save the people of New York?
Godzilla DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 4.40 out of 10 (25779 votes)
Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner, Harry Shearer, Arabella Field, Vicki Lewis, Doug Savant, Malcolm Danare, Lorry Goldman, Christian Aubert, Philippe Bergeron, Frank Bruynbroek,
Tags: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action, appearing-from-the-water, blockbuster, blood-sample, boat, bomb, bravery, brooklyn-bridge, chrysler-building-new-york, coffee, creature-feature, fish, fishing, food, footprint, gatling-gun, giant-monster, girlfriend, godzilla, gun, helicopter, human-relationship, la-marseillaise, lizard, madison-square-garden-new-york, manhattan, marriage, media, monster, monster-on-rampage, mushroom-cloud, mutant-animal, new-york, nuclear-testing, radiation-made-monster, radioactive-contamination, remake, remake-of-cult-film, remake-of-japanese-film, reporter, secret-service, ship, stadium, submarine, swimming, title-spoken-by-character, tragedy, trap, twist-in-the-end, world-trade-center-new-york, worm
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Wild Things
When High School Guidance counselor Sam Lombardo is accused of raping the popular student Kelly Van Ryan, his carefully structured life is ruined. But as the case heads to trial, an outcast school girl Suzie, may have information to free Sam. But the investigating Detective Ray, thinks that a more devious plan is at work that involves Sam, Kelly, and Suzie. As Ray digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a scheme that has very high stakes and where nothing is as it seems.
Wild Things DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 6.60 out of 10 (20037 votes)
Director: John McNaughton
Actors: Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Theresa Russell, Denise Richards, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Robert Wagner, Bill Murray, Carrie Snodgress, Jeff Perry, Cory Pendergast, Marc Macaulay, Toi Svane Stepp, Dennis Neal, Eduardo Yáñez,
Tags: Drama, Crime, Thriller, alleged-rape, alligator, bisexual, blackmail, catfight, cheerleader, courtroom, double-cross, erotica, florida, florida-everglades, frame-up, guidance-counselor, high-school, hitchcockian, lesbian-scene, lolita, male-frontal-nudity, ménage-à-trois, miami-beach, miami-florida, money, mother-daughter-relationship, murder, neo-noir, nudity, obscene-finger-gesture, ostracism, police, pool, rape-accusation, revenge, rough-sex, sailboat, sailing, sea, seduction, sex, sexual-harassment, shower-scene, slut, south-florida, state-employee, teacher, teen, tooth-extraction, twist-in-the-end, vulgarity, wealthy, white-trash
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Negotiator, The
In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he’s framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department’s pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who’s running the conspiracy before it’s too late.
Negotiator, The DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 7.20 out of 10 (27763 votes)
Director: F. Gary Gray
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Adam Rifkin, John Spencer, J. T. Walsh, Siobhan Fallon, Paul Giamatti, Regina Taylor, Bruce Beatty, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Gómez, Tim Kelleher, Dean Norris, Nestor Serrano,
Tags: Mystery, Drama, Crime, Thriller, Action, assassination, betrayal, black-comedy, black-cop, blood-splatter, computer, corrupt-cop, corruption, cover-up, crooked-cop, death, die-hard-scenario, explosion, frame-up, friendship, funeral, gun, hand-grenade, helicopter, hostage, hostage-negotiator, lasersight, lie-detector, marriage, mind-game, murder, mystery, negotiator, neo-noir, peacemaker, pension, pistol, police, police-drama, police-officer, police-sniper, policeman, profanity, psychology, revenge, shootout, shot-in-the-arm, shot-in-the-chest, shot-in-the-stomach, sniper, suspense, title-spoken-by-character, tragedy, twist-in-the-end, violence, vulgarity
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Ronin
Ronin is the Japanese word used for Samurai without a master. In this case, the Ronin are outcast specialists of every kind, whose services are available to everyone - for money. Dierdre (undoubtedly from Ireland) hires several Ronin to form a team in order to retrieve an important suitcase from a man who is about to sell it to the Russians. After the mission has been completed successfully, the suitcase immediately gets switched by a member of the team who seems to work into his own pocket. The complex net of everyone tricking everyone begins to surface slowly, and deadly…
Ronin DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 7.00 out of 10 (25418 votes)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, Skipp Sudduth, Michael Lonsdale, Jan Triska, Jonathan Pryce, Ron Perkins, Féodor Atkine, Katarina Witt, Bernard Bloch, Dominic Gugliametti, Alan Beckworth,
Tags: Crime, Thriller, Action, assassination, attempted-murder, betrayal, blood, blood-splatter, briefcase, car-accident, car-chase, chase, child-in-peril, computer-expert, death, eiffel-tower-paris, exploding-car, fall-from-height, france, honor, ice-skating, irishman, macguffin, mercedes-benz, murder, neo-noir, nice-france, reckless-driving, rocket-launcher, russian, samurai, shootout, shot-in-the-back, shot-in-the-chest, shot-in-the-forehead, shot-in-the-head, shot-in-the-shoulder, shot-in-the-stomach, shot-to-death, slit-throat, surgery, terrorism, throat-slitting, twist-in-the-end, violence
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X Files, The
Two people from two worlds. FBI Agent Fox Mulder, a believer. FBI Agent Dana Scully, a Skeptic. Together they must solve the mysteries such as who, or what destroyed a Federal Building in Dallas, what killed 4 firemen and a child supposedly killed in the blast and more, but these mysteries were not placed by some insane terrorist, these were placed by our very own Government.
X Files, The DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 6.70 out of 10 (24072 votes)
Director: Rob Bowman
Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Neville, William B. Davis, Martin Landau, Mitch Pileggi, Jeffrey De Munn, Blythe Danner, Terry O’Quinn, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lucas Black, Christopher Fennell, Cody Newton, Blake Stokes, Dean Haglund,
Tags: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action, agent, alien, antarctica, autopsy, based-on-cult-tv-series, based-on-tv-series, bee, bee-sting, bomb, caveman, conspiracy, cornfield, cover-up, cult-favorite, desert, dormant-creature, drunkenness, exploding-building, exploding-car, fall-from-height, fate-of-the-world, fbi, flame-thrower, global-positioning-system, government, government-coverup, helicopter, hero, heroine, kidnapping, london-england, morgue, mutation, paranoia, paranormal, part-computer-animation, sequel, shot-in-the-head, skull, spacecraft, texas, title-spoken-by-character, truth, tunisia, twist-in-the-end, underground, urination-scene, vaccine, virus, washington-d.c., x-files
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